Why MYSTERIES? Because that is the genre I read. Why PARADISE? Because that is where I live.
Among other things, this blog, the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution, will act as a record of books that I've read, and random thoughts.

John Dorn is a private investigator. Just like his father used to be. It
says ‘private inquiry agent’ in John’s yellow pages ad because that’s
what his old man called himself, back before his business folded, his
wife left him and he drank himself to death.

But John’s not
going to end up like his father. He doesn’t have a wife, or much
business. He doesn’t really drink, either. Not yet.

In each of
these ten delicious stories Zane Lovitt presents an intriguing
investigation filled with humour and complex, beautifully observed
characters. At their centre is John Dorn, solving not so much crimes as
funny human puzzles; but the crimes, and the criminals, are forever
lurking nearby, taunting him from the city’s cold underworld.

It’s
his job to unravel the mystery, or right the wrong, or just do what the
client has hired him to do. Somehow, though, there is a misstep at
every turn, and John takes another small stumble towards his moment of
personal truth. His midnight promise. Perhaps even his redemption.